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Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters

Contributor(s): Winters, Dick (Author), Kingseed, Cole C (Author)

ISBN: 9780425208137

Publisher: Dutton Caliber

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Pub Date: February 7, 2006

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2005048302

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 18 to UP

Physical Info: 1.10" H x 9.24" L x 6.44" W ( 1.19 lbs) 320 pages

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Description: Winters' memoir, based on his wartime diary, includes the untold stories of his comrades--the Band of Brothers who suffered 150 percent casualties while liberating Europe.

Review Quotes: Praise for Beyond Band of Brothers

"There is a saying that 'Great leaders are born not made.' Such a man is Dick Winters... A beautifully written book about a truly great leader. This riveting read clearly reflects Dick Winters's solid character, great integrity, and unerring judgment in critical battlefield situations."--Lieutenant General Harold G. Moore, co-author of We Were Soldiers Once...And Young

"Its modesty, its candor, and its insights into the nature of front-line leadership and the fears and behaviors of men in combat make this memoir a classic ranking with Charles MacDonald's Company Commander."--Dennis Showalter, author of Patton and Rommel

"Dick Winters epitomizes the finest attributes of American citizen-soldiers....a poignant, riveting story with timeless application to the study of leadership in war."--Colonel Lance Betros, Chairman, Department of History, U.S. Military Academy, editor of West Point: Two Centuries and Beyond

"Winters's leadership inspired his soldiers to fight courageously under the most difficult and challenging conditions of battle. [An] extraordinary memoir."--H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, The Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam

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